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Wisconsin 1st Cavalry (Union)

1/9/61

Organized - Wisconsin 1st Cavalry - Wisconsin

23/7/62

Battle - West Prairie, Missouri

26/4/63

Battle - Cape Girardeau - Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

26/4/63

Battle - Cape Girardeau, Missouri

24/6/63

Battle - Middleton, Tennessee

19/9/63

Battle - Chickamauga - Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia

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Chickamauga

After the successful Tullahoma Campaign, Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans continued the Union offensive, aiming to force Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate army out of Chattanooga. Through a series of skillful marches towards the Confederate-held city, Rosecrans forced Bragg out of Chattanooga and into Georgia. Determined to reoccupy the city, Bragg followed the Federals north, brushing with Rosecrans' army at Davis' Cross Roads. While they marched on September 18th, his cavalry and infantry skirmished with Un…READ MORE

29/12/63

Battle - Mossy Creek - Jefferson County, Tennessee

17/1/64

Battle - Dandridge - Jefferson County, Tennessee

13/4/64

Battle - Cleveland, Tennessee

26/5/64

Battle - Burnt Church, Georgia

6/6/64

Battle - Big Shanty, Georgia

28/7/64

Battle - Campbellton, Georgia

2/4/65

Battle - Selma - Selma, Alabama

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Selma

The war was almost over when Union troops under the leadership of Gen. James H. Wilson and 13,500 cavalry and mounted infantry (the Raiders) invaded Alabama. Anticipating invasion, Selma prepared as best it could. But Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's highly outnumbered 2,000 men, consisting of mostly old men and boys, could not hold Wilson's Raiders. The people of Selma were doomed even before the battle started on April 2, 1865. Selma has the largest historic district in Alabama, and it is the second-old…READ MORE

16/4/65

Battle - Fort Tyler, Georgia

16/4/65

Battle - West Point - West Point, Georgia

19/7/65

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